Kirkuk Must Remain United
Region: Iraq
Recent violence underlines importance of province’s communities reaching an accord over its future. By Samah Samad in Kirkuk As soon as I saw the demonstration, I knew that there would be trouble. Hundreds of th... more
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Iraqi Women Back In The Driver’s Seat
Region: Iraq
As Baghdad security improves, more women are plucking up the courage to drive around the capital’s once treacherous roads. By Duraed Salman in Baghdad Samira Hussein, 36, walks out of the supermarket and slips behi... more
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Uzbekistan Again Recognised as 'Failed State'
Region: Uzbekistan
A News Briefing Central Asia Report Uzbekistan’s high position in a new list of so-called failed states can be attributed to a lack of democracy and the slow pace of economic development, say local observers. In ... more
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Turkmen Pres. Calls for Improved Road Safety
Region: Turkmenistan
A News Briefing Central Asia Report The Turkmen authorities will not succeed with their plan to improve road safety unless corruption among police officers and officials is stamped out, say NBCentralAsia observers. At ... more
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Moral Battle Lines Drawn in South Ossetian War
Region: Russian Federation
Russia tries to claim moral high ground as both sides allege war crimes. By Thomas de Waal in London Following the agreement of a fragile ceasefire, Moscow and Tbilisi are now engaged in an angry quarrel over alleged hum... more
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Russians Press Ahead With Georgia Offensive
Region: Georgia
Reports of Russian violence and looting a day after French-brokered ceasefire. By IWPR reporters in Tbilisi and Lasha Zarginava in Poti Witnesses in Georgia on August 13 reported Russian forces were continue... more
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Northern Ugandan Aid Programme Probed
Region: Uganda
Ten arrested, others flee as corruption inquiry into development projects gathers pace. By Bill Oketch and Patrick Okino in Lira The authorities are belatedly cracking down on suspected fraud that has plagued a long-runn... more
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South Ossetia: An Avoidable Catastrophe
Region: Georgia
Georgia and Russia have stumbled into a war that need not have happened, and civilians are paying the price. By Thomas de Waal in London In the space of a few days, a real catastrophe has unfolded in the Caucasus, sparke... more
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Frustration as Zimbabwe Talks Miss Deadline
Region: Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans say politicians seem too worried about their own futures to think of wider problems. By Joseph Nhlanhla in Bulawayo As the deadline set for talks between Zimbabwe’s rival parties expired on August 4, ma... more
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Iraqi Insurgency Supporters Rally in Damascus
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
A Syrian News Briefing Report The Association of Muslim Scholars, an Iraqi Sunni group staunchly opposed to the United States-led occupation of Iraq, vowed in a conference in Damascus this week to continue fighting foreig... more
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